"Where ya been"? I asked.
"I decided not to continue writing to you or calling", she snipped back.
"Because......."?
"I read your blog about the freekin' speed date". She was mad.
"Did it ever occur to you that might not have been a recent event"?
Silence.
Finally, "What do you mean"?
"That happened two years ago, in Miami".
"The whole stalker thing"?
"Yup"
"Why didn't you say that"?
"In the blog"?
"Yes".
"Literary license. It would have added unneccesary weight to the story",
"So you aren't shackin' up with some little blondie psycho"?
"No, we only had two dates before she went postal".
"You sure, because..."?
"Oh for the love of...".
"Anyone else"?
"There was a real nice lady writing to me, she evaporated too"...I sighed.
She laughed, "All over a blog"?
"I don't know. Ya can lead a horse to water...".
"Was she cute"?
"Who"?
"Your pen pal"?
"Yeah"...
"So there is someone else"?
"Hello! She quit writing to me. Probably got scared away by my freekin' tales of woe"...I had a sinking feeling. Sorta like the Bismark.
"Can I call ya"?
"Uh, you just did"..
"I mean later".
"Yeah, if ya want to. But I gotta say, if you want to know something, you should just ask instead of going off half cocked and supposing you know what's up".
"Are you mad"?
"Just annoyed".
"What if she writes again"?
"I'll write back".
Silence. More silence...
Finally. "We don't have a chance in hell, do we"?
"I don't think so".
"See ya". Click...the phone said call over, 3 mins.
I felt a wave of depression roll over me.
"It's just a f%#ckin' blog. How can it do so much damage"? I thought..
Some things are better left unsaid......
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sarina543
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Oct 25 @ 1:21PM
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I had something very similar happen. I blogged about someone, a guy, I had no idea that he was on MD, he found it, read it, then dumped me like I had BO or something. He was so pissed that I had blogged about him. It wasn't a bad blog, it was good, but it made him mad. Go Figure!!!!!!!!!
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Gary51hwd
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Oct 25 @ 1:23PM
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Yeah Sarina, we're just two more nuts in a large barrel of nuts. Sad isn't it?
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jentoblues101
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Oct 25 @ 1:32PM
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Finally. "We don't have a chance in hell, do we"?
"I don't think so"
She wanted reassurance. If you thought or wanted otherwise, you might have said so....
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Gary51hwd
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Oct 25 @ 1:38PM
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Yeah....Once the Bismark tidal wave rolls, I tend to go negative. I just can't stand the baby games and I prefer girls with confidence, lots of it.
Probably fumbled there though... 
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imlost2
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Oct 25 @ 2:16PM
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There is someone for everyone I truly believe and you are prolly great and her too, just not great together. I'd not blog or run down ex's, no one really likes to hear it. It also sets up "red flags", because will he/she run him/her down in a blog for everyone to see, they will do the same to me if we get together and it doesn't work out? I can understand some want to "vent" but in the end, you only hurt yourself and the chance for future relationships, not everyone (I don't think anyone) wants their private life posted. If I need to "vent" about something, I do it privately without telling the whole world. Not that I have to vent about, ok well sometimes maybe lol. Live and learn eh? tc Lost
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Gary51hwd
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Oct 25 @ 2:26PM
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Yeah. I tend to write a lot, mostly in an attempt to entertain. I forget sometimes I'm probably being judged and taken literally. The really bad stuff about my ex's is never posted, mostly humor.
I probably shot myself in the foot with this one too......
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Gary51hwd
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Oct 25 @ 2:33PM
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Yeah, I'm going back to bed now and maybe I'll dream this whole week never happened and wake up like Dorothy saying "There's no place like Home"....I don't have the energy or inclination to surf this wave. 
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summerbreeze916
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Oct 25 @ 3:32PM
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Gary51hwd: It's sometimes very difficult to understand why a person is the way he/she is. My guess is that she experienced a relationship in her past that wasn't quite on the 'up and up', making her feel threatened, yet again, in a new and promising relationship. I know it isn't fair that she bring these feelings forth unto you, but ................ 
Had she written a blog about a date that she had, and you didn't make the connection in reference to a past experience, would you not have wondered what was going on? It's extremely difficult for some of us to be able to 'turn the tables', or to be able to walk in another's shoes, to understand and actually feel what that other person is feeling. Perhaps a 'speedy e-mail' or a 'speedy phone call' to her, filling her in on what your 'speedy date' blog was about, would have given her the reassurance she so needed.
You may have let a 'keeper' swim away! On the other hand..............it may not be too late.
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Gary51hwd
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Oct 25 @ 7:25PM
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All I really want is someone to pal around with...maybe go hiking, eat dinner, see a movie, hit the thrift stores. Sure it would be nice to have a GF but they'd have to be patient enough to do those other things first cos I don't trust easily and I certainly don't jump into bed with anyone until i have a good hard look at them.
I'm just a piano player these days that's not a high powered, lucrative profession, by any means. I'm freekin' broke half the time from paying child support and my bills. Any woman who dates me has to do it 'cos she likes me... a lot.
So ya see, it's hard to get that chance if people jump the gun or live far enough away to where they can't get a real sense of who you are, and judge you by your flippin' blogs. Mine are meant to entertain, not shed light on my inner demons, though I guess they sometimes do. Blogging is an outlet for me. Like drugs used to be before I quit. My only real quality time these days is spent hiking in Red Rock Canyon with my camera....alone. I feel like Gilbert O. Sullivan "Alone Again Naturally".....
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exvagabond
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Oct 25 @ 7:52PM
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"What if she writes again"?
"I'll write back". Can that be what sunk it? I don't know if it was exactly her business to ask that, buy you might have dodged a little with something like "Dunno. If I did write back, I'd be suspicious, and she might not like that…"
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Gary51hwd
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Oct 25 @ 8:03PM
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Yeah, It was actually the pen pal I missed hearing from the most...she showed promise. I guess I'm the Barney Fife of Md....
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